Iraq – Bids Over Rope That Hung Saddam Hussein Reach $7 Million

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    This video image released by Iraqi state television shows Saddam Hussein's guards wearing ski masks and placing ''The Rope'' around the deposed leader's neck moments before his execution Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/IRAQI TV, HO)Iraq – A bidding war was sparked after the rope that ended the life of Saddam Hussein was put on auction, London based al-Arabi al-Jadeed newspaper on Friday.

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    The noose, which fell into the hands of Iraq’s former national security adviser, was seen pictured as it reprised its former role, hanging around the neck of the former Iraqi tyrant’s bust alongside the physician who oversaw the execution.

    Offers soared well into the millions, with the record being set at $7 million.

    Among the bidders was a Kuwaiti businessmen, an Iranian religious organization and a wealthy Israeli family, whose name was not given.

    Saddam Hussein had at some point during his 23 year rule been in conflict with the nations of origin of all three of the bidders.

    In 2006, three years after the invasion of Iraq and his capture, Hussein was executed after a trial by a special military tribunal.

    Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post


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    Lodzker
    Lodzker
    9 years ago

    Its like having rope that hung Haman ben Hamdasa Haagagi